Rath yatra: BJP moves Calcutta HC against refusal of permission

Rath yatra: BJP moves Calcutta HC against refusal of permission
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The BJP on Friday moved an appeal before a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court against the refusal of permission for its rath yatra by the West Bengal government

West Bengal government refused to allow the event on the grounds that it might cause communal tension.

The BJP on Friday moved an appeal before a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court against the refusal of permission for its rath yatra by the West Bengal government.

Granting leave to the BJP to file the appeal, the Bench, comprising Justices B Somadder and A Mukherjee, said it would hear the matter in the day.

The Bench directed the BJP’s lawyers to serve copy of the appeal to the government and other respondents before the matter is taken up for hearing.

A single Bench of the Court on Thursday said it cannot grant permission at this stage for the BJP rally in Coochbehar, scheduled to be flagged off by party president Amit Shah on Friday, after the West Bengal government refused to allow the event on the grounds that it might cause communal tension.

The court directed that superintendents of police of all districts in West Bengal to file a report by December 21 to it on the holding of ‘rath yatra’ rallies by the BJP, after hearing all district presidents of the party.

Directing that the rally stands deferred till the next date of hearing on January 9, Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty observed that the prayer of the BJP for permission to hold a rath yatra cannot be granted at this stage.

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